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The Detroit Punk Archive is made possible thanks to matching grant support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as part of the Detroit Arts Challenge program.

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Welcome! Here’s How it Works…

October 29, 2018

Welcome to the Detroit Punk Archive! This site aims to tell the stories of the bands in the scene that started just before and around Bookie’s Club 870 in early 1978. The site is broken up into THREE main sections: BANDS, VENUES, and MEDIA:  The BANDS section features pages on the various groups that started […]

UPDATE: May 28th, 2023

May 28, 2023

A quick note for you as we head into summer. First, thank you for all the comments. We get more visitors all the time – people making connections, sharing stories. Have fun and help make the archive a great place to visit. Second, local collector, writer, and character TM Caldwell recently shared with me a […]

UPDATE: MARCH 2nd, 2023

March 2, 2023

A few weeks back I received a Facebook message from Jeff at UHF Records in Royal Oak. He said he came into a collection of photos, papers, and other ephemera that I might be interested in for the archive. Sure enough, he was right! Jeff has bought a box of materials that belong to the […]

UPDATE: DECEMBER 28th, 2022

December 28, 2022

All the best for 2023 and beyond to you. But, before we close out the year, I thought I’d share a few things that I added to the archive. NEWLY TRANSFERED SOUND SUPER 8mm FILM from BOOKIE’S!  Terry Murphy recently shared some footage on his Vimeo site that includes live footage of Sonic’s Rendezvous Band, […]

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